Most of us have heard of the tale of banana's bringing "Bad Luck" on a boat. Well this morning we had a one of our anglers, step on the boat, take her seat, and begin peeling and eating a banana. I normally don't say anything but knowing these guests were good sports, I reminded them of the tale: Banana's are bad luck. BUT, we had a beautiful day, not a cloud in the sky, and a slight breeze to keep the upcoming heat off so we left Oyster Bay docks and headed down Lanceford to our first spot at a marsh run out.
Robert Stettner, his friend Henrietta, and her friend Vicki began tossing float rigs with live shrimp but all we got was one bite and no takers. After fishing Bell River, then the outside of Tyger, then Jolley Bank with no fish, we began to wonder if the banana curse was open us.
the very last of an incoming tide and finally, finally, Vicki had a hookup. She worked it to the boat as the Ladyfish flew high a couple of times, but we were able to land the fish and "knock the skunk off" - if you can count a Ladyfish. But only moments later, after switching to a Mud Minnow, Henrietta had made an excellent grass to the edge of the grass and, BOOM! Float Gone. Henrietta played it perfectly and after a good battle, landed a big 20" Seatrout, boy what a fish! We made one more stop in the Jolley but the tide was turning back at Tyger so we headed back.
Sure enough, the tide was coming out and just as we set up Robert was ready to
We had started really slow, struggled to get a bite, but we stayed with it and no matter the "banana on the boat" issue, we wrapped up with a good day of fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.
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I have been fishing since I was 5,that I can actually remember.I have more than a couple of stories involving bananas in the boat.I'm a fishermen,so I am a bit superstious.
We were filming for an Austrailian fly rod record holder .
He brought his lady friend along to run his camera.He broke a flyrod,lost several of the target species that would have completed another category ,the Black Bass category,he needed a Spotted Bass.We were at Lake Lanier just outside of Atlanta GA.This lake is reknowned as one of the best Spotted Bass lakes in the coutry.I can votch for that as I have been fishing it most all my life.He also broke 1 of my rods. We did get his fish after a while and as we unloaded his gear at the ramp,his lady friend reached into a bag she had brought and started snacking on a banana.She offered us each one as well as we both just stared at one another,knowing why we had a bad day.So that saying is well known Down under as well as here.
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